Tire-chain carrier



F. L. VORDEMFELDE TIRE CHAIN CARRIER Filed March 28. 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug. 24 1926.

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F. L. VORDEMFELDE TIRE CHAIN CARRIER Filed March 28. 1925 4 Sheet-Sheet 2 l and: Haq! Aug. 24 1926.

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is to provide nreanswhereby the device may, 1f desreihvbe attached directly to the wheel Patented Aug. 24, l19.26. l

uni-ra @STATES- asma Parlnv'ry OFFICE.

FRED L. VORDEMFELDE, `OI BUTLER, :PENNaYLVANIl-k.4

Applicationled March 28, 1925. Serial No. 19,028.

This invention relates to an improvedtire chain carrier for. motor vehicles and seeks, among otherobjects to provide a neat, prac ticable and convenient device for carrying the tire chains of a vehicle on one Vof the vehicle running boards.

The invention lfurther `seeks to provide a device so constructed and mounted that the chains may be conveniently withdrawn therefrom directly about the rear wheels of tion thereof while said end of the chain will-always be held in such position that it may be readily grasped for withdrawing the chain from the device. l v

A Another object of the invention is to provide a device embodying a hanger by means of which the device may, when depositing the chains in the device or removing ythe chains therefrom be suspended from one of the running beards in the-.desired position found moet convenient. l

Still another object,pin this connection,

so that a chain 'may be pulled from the device directly about the wheel tire.

And the invention sechs, as a still further object'. to struction', which will be inexpensive, Y and which will be adapted fory general use.

Other and incidental objects will appear` .haften y in the accompanying drawings A Figure l is a perspective view of the chain pouch employed. .o Y .e 4

Figure 2V is a perspective view showingthe pouch open. 4 'f Figure 3 is `a` vertical sectional-view through the pouch. Y Y e Figure 4 jis' adetail bottom plan view showing the eyel'et in the closure flap of thepouch to receive the handle employed.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail sectional view on the line 5 5 .of Figure 3, lookingprovide a device of durable con-A in the direction indica-ted by thear'rows.l

Figure 6 is a plan View employed. e Y v Figure 7 isa perspective View showing the pouch swung from oneuof the4 running showing the ychain boards of a vehicle in such position thatl one of the chains mayybelwithdrawn from the pouch about the adjacentrear wheel` of the vehicle. l e

Figure 8 is a: perspective View showing the manner in which the pouch may be swung from therunning boardso that'the chains may bed'epositedin the pouch.

Figure 9 1s a perspective view V showing another. way in kwhich the pouch maybe swung from the running board. Y

Figure l() is a perspective view showing .Y

stillanother way in which the pouch may4 be swungfrom the runmngboard so that` the chains 'may `be withdrawn therefrom.

Figure 1111s a fragmentary elevation particularly showing the manner in which the chains may he engaged about the wheel tires.

yliligure -12 `is a fragmentary side elevationv showing the pouchconnected directly to.v one ofthe rear wheels e' of the vehicle in Vsuch position that one of the chains may be withgf drawn from the pouch about the wheel tire( Figure 13 is a perspective view showing,

in full lines, the .pouch lowered so that the chains may be withdrawn therefronrand illustrating in dotted lines rthe manner 1n which the pouch may be carried beneath the running board.

Figurole is' in-.full lines another wayin which thepouch may be carried upon the running board and E) which the pouch may be .swung down `so that the chains may be removed tlierefrom. Figure 15 is a perspective view showing a slightly modified form'ofpouch. `Figur-.e 1.6 is a .fragmentary elevation showing one way in which the modified form of pouch maybecarried upon the running In carrying the intention into effect, Ivi ,employ a substantially rectangular: pouch 410 of appropriate dimensions.` This pouch Y may be of canvas or other approved inaterial andV normallyclosing the pouch is l2ffor engagement with buckle plates 13 a perspective view 'showing i illustratin inVV dotted lines l thel manner in a closure flapll integral with the backV wall Vof thev pouch and equipped with buckles on the front wall of the pouch yfor securing the flap closed. Extending transversely within the pouch is a center partition 14 as well as a baclr partition 15 and, as best shown in Figure 3, these partitions divide the pouch into pockets 16,17 and 18 rel spectively, the pockets 16 and 17 being considerably larger1 than the pocket 18.. The

` pocket 16 is designed to receive one of a pair of chains as indicated at w19 `and theV pocket n 17 is designed to receive the other chain of thefpair, as indicated at 20, while the pocket 18 is designedto receive 'a Vpairof conventional chaintensioning devices yas indicated* The chains 19 and 20 are each of` VIn depositing a chain inieither of the pockets '16 and 17 one end of the chain is grasped and the other fend lowered into the pocket,

and secured'- to the front wall of the pouch near the mouth thereof yis a ring` 27r with which the snap hooks at onekr end ofthe 'chain 19, as for instance, the snap hooks24, are

engaged, while secured tothe partition 15 is alike ring 28 with wliich'the snap hooks at one end of the chain 2O are engaged. Thus, the free end of each chain willalwa'ys be held uppermost within the pouch so that by disengagingthe snap hooks frointhel rings 2.7 and 28, the chainsmayrbe*readily removed.

Secured by a binding strip 29 to the top.

margin of the partition 14 is a substantially U-sliaped hanger 30, .one armvr 31 of which is enclosed bysaidbindingstrip while'the other arm '32 of said hanger extends in parallel relation to the arm 31 and lis provided at its. free end withxa flattened terminal 33. Formed Yon thefree `end of thef'arm 31 is, as shown in Vdetail in VFigure '5, acircular head 34 enclosed by the bind-v ing vstrip 29 so that said arm cannot slip yendwise from within the binding strip and, as shown in Figure'v 3,- the "hanger may be swung downwardlyto lie'within the pocket 16 ofthe pouch so that the flap 11rinay be closed. VVEngaged with the arm 31fof they hangeris a handle 35, the 'endsof which are provided with loops which extend through the vbinding .stripf`29, freely. ein. bracing said arm, and formed in the closure flap llmedially thefreoifL is 'anfopening 37 to accommodate the handle so that when said Hap is closed, the handle will, as shown in Figure 1,' projectthrough said/opening soiasto be readily graspedysurrounding lthe*v o eninU'is as shown in Fifrure4a `-row c J a 7 of the closure flapjat said opening.

jecting eyelet 38 for preventing the tearing Thus, the pouch may be readily carried.

Swingingly mounted atl the vupper rear corners ofthe pouch is a pair of snap` hooks 39 and k40andA Vsimilarly mounted at the lower corners of the pouch is a pair of like snapfhooks 41 and 42. All of these snap hooks may be connected with the pouch by ringsf43. The peuch is further equipped at the ends thereof with a pair of hooks 44connectedwith the top hem of the'pouch near'fthe forward side'thereof by short* lengths ofchain45 and, as shown in Figure 3, the hooks 44 and chains 45 may be disposedin the vpocket 16vo`f the pouch when the pouchV is closed.` Fixed to the front and backwalls of the pouch as well as the end walls thereof is a plurality of suitably located Veyelets 46 which provide drain openingsjfor'pthe pouch.

In use, the pouch the running boards of the vehicle and in the drawings I have conventionally shown a running board: at 47. Sunkinto the rear end portion lof the running board at its upper side are screw eyes 48 and 49 located adjacent the inner edge of the board while a -likepscrew eye 50y is disposed oppositethe eye 48 near the'outer edgeof the board. Depending from the lower side of the board Vnear its'inner edge are screw eyes Y51 and` 52 and arranged opposite said eyes near the outer edge of the board is a depending screw eye`53 and screw hook 54. Between the vscrew. eyes 51 and 53 is a depending screw is carried upon one ofL hook 55 and vbetweenthe screw eye 53 vand i screw hook 54 isa depending screw hoolr 56. As shown in dotted lines in Figure 13, the

pouch may be carried beneath the running I Yboard by engaging the hooks 39 and 40 with' the eyes 51 and 53 and engaging the hooks 41 and 42 with lthe eye 52 and hook 54, ywhen thepouch ywill be swungbeneath the running boardk by said hooks. Accordingly when it is'de'siredto apply'the chains, the

hooks 41 and 42 may be disengaged from Vthe `eye 52 and hook 54 when vthe pouch will `swing down to the position shown in full lines in this figure of the drawings, so that the cover flap 11 may be drawn back and the chains withdrawn from the pouch.

In Figure 14, I have shown one lway in which the pouch may be carried on top of the running board. As illustrated, the hooksv 39 and 40 are engaged with the eye 53`andhook54 while the hook 41 is engaged withthe eye 48. Thus, by releasingl the hooks 40- and 41, the pouch may be readily swung down tothe dotted'line position shown andthe hook -40 engaged withthe eye 51, wheirthe pouch will be sus ended beneath the running "board, ready or the removal voflthe chains therefrom. If pre-V ferred, the hook 39 maybe engaged with the eye and the hooks 41 and 42 engaged with the eyes 48 and 49 for securing the pouch on top of the runningboard, the hook 40 being engaged with the hook 54.

Figure 11 of the drawings shows' the pouch suspended from the running board" as in Figure 13, and illustrates the manner in which the chains may be applied about the tires'of the rear wheels of the vehicle. The chain is pulled'from the carrier and the free end thereof directed upwardly over the wheel tire to a point near the ground at the rear of the wheel, when the hooks 24 and 26 are passed between adjacent spokes of the wheel and engaged. The vehicle is then backed until the chain is brought 'to a position extending completely about the wheel tire. 'Ihe hooks 24 are then disengaged from each other and engaged with the pair of hooks 25 for securing the chain about .the tire. Figure 11 also shows, in dotted lines, the manner in which the pouch may be carried on top oi` the running board, as previously described, or may be carried beneath the ruiming board, as also previously described.

Figure 12 shows another way in which the pouch may be arranged when applying the chains to the rear wheels of the` vehicle. As shown, the hooks 24 of the pouch are engaged with adjacent spokes of the wheel i'or securing the pouch in position at Vthe front of the wheel resting on the ground, when the chain is manually pulled from the pouch about the wheel tire. he free end of the chain is secured by engaging the hooks 24 with each other between a pair of the wheel spokes and the pouch detached from the wheel, when the operation of applying the chain may be continued as described in connection with Figure 11.

In Figure 7 of the drawings, I have shown another way in which the pouch may be suspended from the rear end of the running board when removing the chains from' the pouch. As illustrated, the hanger 30 is swung upwardly from within the pocket 16 of the pouch and the arm 32V of said hanger engaged over the rear end of the running board so that the hanger will thus serve to suspend the pouch beneath the running board. The flattened terminal 33 is provided at the free end of the arm 32 to bear into the running board at its upper side to prevent the hanger from slipping on the running board and, as will be seen, the hanger thus provides a very convenient means whereby the pouch may be suspended :troni the ruiming board in the desired position for removing the chains from the pouch. Figure 8 shows the arm 32 of the hanger engaged with the eye 44 and hook 56 at the outer edge of the ruiming board for sup porting the pouch in convenient position for depositing the chains therein; Figure for supporting the vpouch to receive the f chains and it is evident that while I have illustrated? several different ways in which In Figures 15 and 16 of the drawings, I

have illustrated a slight modification of the invention wherein I employ a rectangular pouch 57 carrying a 'closure flap 58. The pouch 57 is identical with the pouch 10 with the exception that the pouch 57 is not provided with partitions nor is the pouch 57 equipped with a hanger or handle as shown and described in connection with the pouch 10. I-Iowever, the pouch 57 is equipped at its rear corners with snap hooks 59 which may be engaged with the yeyes and hooks of the running board, as previously dethe hanger may be employed for suspending scribed, so that said pouch may be carried Y in the same manner as the pouch 10, as illustrated in Figures 13 and 14 of the drawings, or the pouch 57 may be carried as shown in Figure 16, when the hooks at the corners thereof are engaged with the eyes 48 and 50 of the running board. As will be appreciated, this modilied structure is somewhat simpler than. the preferred form of the invention." Secured within the pouch is a ring 60 to which the snap hooks at the free ends of the chains are secured when deposited in the pouch so that the tree ends oi' said chains will not become entangled, the ring 60 serving the saine purpose as the rings 27 and 28 of the prior embodiment of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. A tire chain carrier including a chain holding pouch, and a h-anger carried by the pouch and normally disposed thereip but movable to a position tor engagement with a. vehicle running board for suspending the pouch therefrom.

2. A tire chain carrier including a pouch,

and a substantially U-shaped hanger hav-V ing one arm thereoisecured to the pouch l andits opposite arm engagable with a vehicle running board for suspending the pouch therefrom.

3. A tire chain carrierincluding a pouch, a partition therein defining chain holding iio 4. Atre chain carrier including @chain holding pouch, a flap normally losng the pouch, and a hanger secured Vto the y'pouch and normally lconcealed therein by` ysaid Hap,

the hanger being movable to ,a1/position, 'when the flap lis open, forengagement With a- Vehiole running board for suspendingl the pouch therefron f In testimony whereof I 'afHX my signature. Y

FRED L.` VORDEMFELDE. [n s.] 

